Andrew- your are killing it with all the work you’re doing there and the update reports. Thank you!
Mike Cooper Ridge, NY Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 25, 2020, at 5:44 PM, Andrew Baksh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Salutations: Happy Chinese Valentine’s Day! > > Yesterday, I spent a good 5+ hours on the East Pond, making my way up north > from the southend. My goal was to get to “Calidrid Crossing” to cut back the > trail. I did accomplish that and cleared out most of the Poison Ivy until my > blade lost its edge. Another visit should give me a chance to make it > cleaner. Nevertheless, it is passable! > > The water remains high in several areas on the pond; especially, up North. > However, more flats have opened up on the southend and if we continue to get > dry weather and good drainage, it should look quite good in a week or two. > > Here is a link showing photos of how high the water is in some areas up > North. https://twitter.com/birdingdude/status/1298075730040029185?s=21 > > Ideally, we want dryer flats and then some rain. The result would be little > pools formed which is a magnet for hungry peeps. I think we will get there. > > As far as my survey: there were well over 1,000 shorebirds on the pond, > dominated by Semipalmated Sandpipers who outnumbered the Least Sandpipers. > Both species were quite vocal and active; engaging in a lot of bumping and > what I like to call “flexing.” The highlights included double digit numbers > of Western Sandpipers and 1 Adult White-rumped Sandpiper beginning it’s > pre-basic moult. > > I have reached out to NPS to work out setting up the boot washing station. If > you visit please exercise caution navigating the pond, respecting the > habitat and the birds. > > Cheers, > > -------- > "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule > of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ > Frederick Douglass > > 風 Swift as the wind > 林 Quiet as the forest > 火 Conquer like the fire > 山 Steady as the mountain > Sun Tzu The Art of War > >> (\__/) >> (= '.'=) >> (") _ (") >> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
